Day 110 (A Hundred & Ten) of 365 days
Someone somewhere commits suicide every 18 minutes. You might never tell who it will be, it could be the person right next to you. Only in the past two decades have depression and suicide been taken seriously. Depression is an illness that involves the body, mood, and thoughts. It affects the way a person eats and sleeps, feels, and the way they think of the things around them. It comes as no surprise to discover that adolescent depression is strongly linked to teen suicide.
Adolescence is a stressful experience for all teens. It is a time of physical and social changes producing rapid mood swings from sadness to elation. Even an emotionally healthy teenager may have the constant fear of not being good enough, not making the varsity team, or getting good grades. Situations such as a parent’s divorce can trigger intense sadness and feelings of wanting to die.
Depression is probably the most common reason why people take away their life. Feeling like they do not belong in this world anymore because of so much pain. The people that loved you like your families and some friends that have stuck by you are going to be depressed and probably will never recover from your death. It is not easy losing someone you loved to just a horrible death. Suicide is not an answer to your struggles ask for help. Yes, your pain is gone but you just rippled it to your families and friends.
What about the goals you set for your future, would they complete themselves? You are losing the future that you wanted ever since you were a little kid - dreaming to build a family and having the future job you wanted. Having kids of your own and teaching them about reality, but that is all gone because you made the deciduous to kill yourself leaving everything behind.
Suicide is not a solution but a permanent end to temporary problems. Your problems will still exist, only they will no longer be your own. You may not feel the burden anymore, but your friends, family, loved ones, and even your acquaintances, the people who you barely know, even people who you DO NOT know, will still feel it!
Life is a gift! Why throw it away? Do something with it! If you don't like the way it's going, change it! run away, stay home. Meet some new people, get reacquainted with some old friends. Listen to music, enjoy silence. Just don't brood on whatever is hurting you!
Suicide is not an option. There is nobody here who wants to see you leave -- embrace life. Find out what it is about life that makes it worth living. For some, this is a lifelong process. For others, the despair wins out and they give up too easily. Don't give up. Never give up!
